Truss pad or cushion.



D. O. FOSGATE.

TRUSS PAD OR CUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE10,1909.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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DANIEL O. FOSGATE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

line 22 of F To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known'that I, DANIEL O. FOSGATE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of ber, that wi l-brace and stiffen the pad and also allow for the adjustment of the same,

With the above and other ends in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter fully described, specifically claimed, and illustrated in'the accompanying drawings wherein.-

Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved truss pad with tne attaching means removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken along 1 1., Fig. 3 is a perspective of the truss pa showing the means used in attaching, the pad to a steel supporting frame. ig. 4 1s a perspective showing the means used in attaching the pad to an elastic Web supporting band.' Fig. 5 is atop plan of thecovering with the backing plates removed.

Referring to the drawings, A designates in general a truss pad, made in accordance with my invention and composed of the rubber covering 1, the cellular rubber sponge 'ad' 7 ,contained in said covering, and the liacking plates The pad is made of any desired shape and size, dictated by the location and extent of the rupture.

Engaging the inner backing plate 5 and secured between that and the outer plate 3, is the lip2, formed by bending the edge of the coverin inwardly, and defining the orifice 9 in the upper face of the covering. This orifice 9 is adapted to permit the inner plate 5 and the pad 7 to be placed within the covering, andt e lip 2 constitutes a means by which the pad and covering may be secured between the back plates. The pad which may be manufactured of various qual1- ties of sponge rubber, is vulcanized m one is kept from rotating caye TRUSS PAD OR CUSHION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 16, 1909. Serial No. 501,322,

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

piece to fit the coverin 1, and is held thereby from spreading ant losing its shape.

Extending through passages at the longitudinal extremities of the outer plate 3 are the screws l, passing through the lip 2 and registering in threadedorifices 10 in the inner plate5, thus attaching the pad A firmly There are also and securely to the plates. located in the central portion of these plates two valiued openings 12-13, the one 13, in the inner plate. being threaded to receive the screw 8, through the medium of which the means 0 for attaching the entire device to the supporting men'iber, is connectedv with the pad. This attaching means C, in case an elastic web supporting member 15 is employed, comprises an auxiliary plate 14, .having an opening 10 therein through which passes the screw 8, which connects the plates 2'. and 5. the screw having a washer 21 about the head thereof. This auxiliary plate holds firmly between itself and the outer backing plate 3 the elastic web 15, preventing by its pressure thereon any slipping or change in' position of the pad. Should, however, a steel frame supporting member be used, the attaching n'ieans comprises an arm-17, provided at one end with the longitudinal slot 18, and at theother end with the holes 19, an auxiliary plate having a stud 20 on its exterior face adapted to be receivedin the slot 18 to act as a guide and brace'for the arm, and the screw 8, passin through the slot 18 and through the orifice in the auxiliary plate and connecting the entire dei'ice to the backing plates 35. is fastened to the frame byaneahs of rivets or the like, extending through the holes 19.

The screw 8 is provided with the washer 2i, whiclrengages the arm 17 between itself and the auxiliary plate 30, attaching the arm to the back plates 3-5 and in combination with the stud 20, holding the arm in its proper relation to said washer '21 thereoin Viien the screw 8 is loosened, the pad may be rotated and adjustedlongitudinally of the arm 17, to suit the wearer.

The advantages obtained by covering the sponge rubber pad are important and among these are, that the covering prevents the sponge from becoming hardened and deby the perspiration from the body, for though the covering may thus deteriorate 1t This arm 17 auxiliary plate, which lav-the pressure of the "is much easier and cheaper to replace than the pad. Moreover, the covering retains thepad in its proper shape and thickness, and

' plate 3 is bent downwardly to form a flange of the plate '5.: By this construction, the

' hold of the plates 3 and 5 upon '1 is enhanced. v

Having thus. fully described my invention,

' What I claim and desire tosecure by'Letters 40 adapted to extend beyond the periphery the covering Patent is: p j A device of the class described comprising a plate; a pad carried by the'plate; a Washer mounted upon-the plate and provided upon its exterior face with a stud; an arm having a, straight slot terminating Within the contour of the arm, and arranged to receive the Maker.

from the stud and extended through thewasher to form the sole connection between the Washer andthe plate, the arm being slidable-upon the stud and the retaining ele inentmnd being rotatable. about the connect ing element as a center when the connecting element is loosened, the stud being engageable by the arm atone end of the slot, to secure a rotation of thewasher upon the plate, the stud and the connecting element being engageable successively, by the arm atopp'o site ends of the slot, when the arm is slid.

.111 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL t). FOSGATE- Witnesses: I

CHAS. R. Jonix'sox, GEO. FULL. 

